UK weather live: Travel updates as snow and ice cause school closures, cancellations at Heathrow and Gatwick and treacherous road conditions
Temperatures drop as low as -12C in Chillingham Barns, Northumberland
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Your support makes all the difference.Freezing temperatures, ice and snow have affected travel across the UK, with disruption to roads, railways and airports.
Motorists are being warned of havoc on the roads on Monday as snow turns into ice following plummeting temperatures over the weekend, which saw the mercury drop as low as -12C in Northumberland.
National Rail has said the poor conditions have affected travel across England and Wales, with Virgin Trains, Great Western and CrossCountry services all affected.
Hundreds of schools are due to close and up to 50,000 passengers have been left stranded at London’s Heathrow Airport after British Airways experienced problems de-icing a backlog of planes.
Keep up to date with the latest information on our live blog.
People still without power in Oxfordshire
As 6pm today there are 200 homes still without power in Oxfordshire after SSE suffered a blackout.
It said it had already restored power to over 57,000 customers since the snow began yesterday and was working to help those remaining in the dark this evening.
In a statement, the company said heavy snow and winds of up to 70mph caused damage to its overhead power lines in Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and parts of Berkshire.
In the mean time, it said welfare vans serving free hot food and drink were currently being held in the following locations: Welfare vans, serving free hot food and drinks, are currently in the following locations:
Yanworth Village, Opposite Yanworth Farm, GL54 3LQ
White Hart pub, Wytham, OX2 8QA
Ascott Village shops, OX7 6FY
The George Pub car park, GL7 4HN
Thame Road, Bicester, OX25 1TE
Freezing conditions are expected to continue
Forecasters are now warning it could be the coldest night of the year in some places as could see temperatures as low as -15C.
Yellow Met Office warnings have been issued for Wales, Northern Ireland, parts of Scotland, the Midlands, London and the south east of England.
The weather service has also warned that there will be further disruption affecting flights, trains and ferries.
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